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Buffalo Charter Revision Commission members Joseph Trapp, Norvella Pendergrass and Joel Moore. Photo: Joshua Thermidor. Nearly every year in recent memory, Buffalo has blown its...

In a digital world populated with bad actors, Steven Brill stands out as one of the good guys.  Brill is well-known in media circles. Journalist....

Contracts exempted from oversight by lawmakers in the recently passed state budget include $40 million for Governor Kathy Hochul’s “More Swimming Initiative.” Photo: Susan...

Doonesbury doesn’t carry the same cachet as it did in its heyday, but it’s popular with the readers of this newsletter, as evidenced by...

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A memorial in Pittsburgh for Haitian migrant Daphy Michel, who died in March. Photo by Sophia Lucente, courtesy of Pittsburgh’s Public Source. Just days after...